God Is Waiting

Sometimes we might feel nervous because we have not been close to God in

a long time, or we haven’t been to confession in years, or we simply have felt

distant from Him for a while.

I don’t know who needs to read this, but God’s response to us is always one of

unconditional love, and of the joy to reconnect to us. God is waiting for us to

return to him.

Take that invitation that Jesus gives us – it's in the book of Revelation: “I stand

at the door and knock”. Jesus is standing at that door of our heart, the door

of our life.

I don’t know if you’ve ever seen some paintings illustrating this image.

Usually, we find Jesus knocking at the door of a house, but there’s an

important detail in the picture: on the outside of the door, where Jesus

stands, there’s no door knob. The handle’s not there – it’s only on the other

side. We have to open the door to let God into our lives.

Then Jesus will do the rest if we let him.

By Fr. Mike French, SJ